Horizontal wells can remediate a large area with a single well where dozens or more vertical wells might be necessary to do the same job. This can be a huge advantage where a contaminant plume may be difficult to reach with traditional vertical wells or direct push...
SACRAMENTO – In an effort to further safeguard California’s water quality, K-12 schools in the state can receive free testing for lead under a new initiative announced today by the State Water Resources Control Board. The Board is requiring all community water systems...
VICTORVILLE, Calif. – The Lahontan Regional Water Quality Control Board (Lahontan Water Board) announced it has received a $2.67 million grant to clean up a perchlorate plume near Barstow that has affected several private well owners’ drinking water supplies.Funds...
By Jondi Gumz, Santa Cruz Sentinel The discovery of lead and arsenic in the soil during the McGregor Park construction is boosting the cost to $111,000, doubling the price tag. The City Council, which meets at 7 p.m. Thursday at City Hall, 420 Capitola Ave., will get...
SOURCE: San Jose Mercury News POSTED: 04/12/2014 05:45:30 PM PDT By Lisa M. Krieger » Link to Full Article “BEN LOMOND — No one foresaw the collapsing hillside that killed 10 people along the Santa Cruz Mountains’ Love Creek in 1982. Four...
The American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) recently published a revision to the EPA certified standard for Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs).  The new standard, ASTM E-1527 13, was released on November 6th, 2013 and approved by the US EPA in...
